Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 08:21:01 12/06/03
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On December 06, 2003 at 02:28:08, margolies,marc wrote:
>I wouldn't hype Ramirez too much. Last time I played him was when he was nine
>years old. in the under 1800 section of the world openin Philadelphia. There was
>always a stuffed animal in a loud color next to the kid to distract the
>opponent-- a parrot(presumably to find him in the chess hall faster). I used to
>refer to him among friends as 'parrot boy.'The family had then lived in Miami.
>They recieved a USCF travel allowance for some tournaments as he was a strong
>boy in his age group. I had heard a rumor about the time they 'disappeared' from
>the American scene (later he got sponsorship in Costa Rica) that the family had
>recieved over 1200 US dollars to show up at some foreign international event
>which they did not attend.
>He's a smart kid though and I cannot blame him for his parent's actions.
>Bear in mind that Zonal tournaments in Central America are weaker than ours, so
>it is easier for Ramirez to get the necessary norms to advance in his zone than
>say young Nakamura did.
Marc,
I think you are being a little harsh. You should not hold anything against a
kid that is just 9 years from his mother's womb. If you were distracted by a
loud parrot, I think you should look at yourself and not blame a 9 year old.
As far as is getting a A GM tiltle in a weaker zonal tournament - who cares.
Did you look at the final standings:
Milov, Vadim SUI 2574 7.5 47.5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM 2675 7.5 45.5
Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2618 7.5 44.5
Kiriakov, Petr RUS 2555 7.5 43.5
Delgado, Neuris CUB 2530 7.5 43.0
Campora, Daniel H. ARG 2503 7.5 42.5
Ramirez, Alejandro CRC 2483 7.5 42.5
De Vreugt, Dennis NED 2451 7.5 42.0
Socko, Bartosz POL 2547 7.5 42.0
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2565 7 43.5
Ehlvest, Jaan EST 2602 7 42.5
Luther, Thomas GER 2580 7 40.0
Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2603 7 39.5
Khenkin, Igor GER 2627 7 38.5
9 of the top 14 were European players, plus 1 Amercian GM Hikaru Nakamura.
He has nothing to be ashamed of and you have no reason to degrade his
accomplishment.
>
>
>On December 05, 2003 at 23:40:50, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>ALso, first ever from Cental America and currently the second youngest in the
>>World -- well done Alejandro!
>>
>>The 9th game probably clinched the GM title. GM Alekseev refused the draw by
>>repetition and with 54. Ka4 and subsequently lost the game with the move 56. Kb3
>>being the clunker. White clearly has the advantage at with 31. Rc7 - but then
>>played less than accurate for the several moves beginning with 34.Kc3 and lost
>>the initiative.
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1349
>>
>>[Event "Santo Domingo Open"]
>>[Site "Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic"]
>>[Date "2003.12.04"]
>>[Round "9"]
>>[White "Alekseev(GM)"]
>>[Black "Ramirez(IM)"]
>>[Result "0-1"]
>>[WhiteElo "2613"]
>>[BlackElo "2483"]
>>[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
>>[ECO "B31"]
>>[NIC "SI.31"]
>>[Time "17:52:55"]
>>[TimeControl "5400+30"]
>>
>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
>>cxd4 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Re1 Qb7 14.
>>Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Rc2 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Bg5 Kf8 20.
>>Rec1 Nb6 21. Kf1 a5 22. Be3 a4 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Na1 Rc8 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Kd3
>>Kd7 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Nc2 d5 29. Nb4 e6 30. Na6 Ra8 31. Rc7+ Ke8 32. Nc5 Bf8
>>33. Bf4 Be7 34. Kc3 h5 35. Rb7 Nc4 36. Rb8+ Rxb8 37. Bxb8 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Kd7
>>39. exd5 exd5 40. f4 Kc6 41. Bd6 Kb5 42. b3 axb3 43. axb3 Na5 44. Kd4 Kc6
>>45. b4 Nb3+ 46. Ke5 d4 47. Ke4 f5+ 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Be5 Nc1+ 50. Kc2 Na2 51.
>>Kb3 Nc1+ 52. Kc2 Na2 53. Kb3 Nc1+ 54. Ka4 Nd3 55. Bf6 Nxf2 56. Kb3 Nxh3 57.
>>Be5 h4 58. Bf6 Nxf4 59. Bxh4 Ne6 60. Kc2 g5 61. Bf2 f4 62. Kd3 g4 63. Ke2 g3
>>64. Be1 Ke4 65. c6 f3+ 66. Kf1 f2 67. Bxf2 gxf2 {Black wins} 0-1
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